Alleged protective order violation nets additional charges

Wednesday

ELIOT, Maine — An Eliot man who was arrested for allegedly violating a protective order was also found to possess drug paraphernalia, firearms and fireworks, according to police.

ELIOT, Maine — An Eliot man who was arrested for allegedly violating a protective order was also found to possess drug paraphernalia, firearms and fireworks, according to police.

Eliot police arrested James Richard Joseph, 45, of 4 Mast Cove Road, on a charge of violating a protective order stemming from a Nov. 20 incident where he allegedly violated an order from York District Court obtained 10 days earlier. The order was for violating a protection from harassment. Joseph, who police say is a previously convicted felon, was found to have two firearms, a small quantity of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and unlawfully possessed fireworks, all recovered from his residence.

He is scheduled to appear Feb. 4 in York District Court on charges of unlawful possession of a usable amount of marijuana, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of fireworks, which are all civil violations under Maine law. Joseph is scheduled to appear Feb. 19 in York County Superior Court for the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Joseph was released on bail from York County Jail on Monday morning.

Police Chief Ted Short said an investigation continues into alleged previous violations of a protective order and interference with constitutional and civil rights, and that further charges were possible in the next several weeks.

The department is working with the state attorney general's office Civil Rights Unit.

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